Sheldon, Missouri

2026 Edition · 10 cards · data as of Oct 30, 2026

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Units needed

Closing the gap would add 0.4% to the 224 homes here.

is the estimated number of missing housing units; all three estimates agree.

Range computed by the Almanac from 2023 jobs and household data, using three demand models: 1% of jobs located here, 1% of renter households, and a rate by town size applied to renters. The low end is the lowest of the three and the high end the highest. It is an estimate, not a count.Sources: Computed by the Almanac

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Population

Steady. Within 1% of 2020, every year since.

438

people, the 490th-largest of Missouri's cities and towns.

Census Population Estimates, 2025. Rank among Missouri's cities and towns computed by the Almanac. Sources: Census Population Estimates
The workday

Nearly every job here goes to someone who lives somewhere else.

98.8%

of 80 jobs located in Sheldon are filled by in-commuters.

Census LEHD LODES, 2023. Sources: Census LEHD LODES
Rent

Median rent is up 68% since the 2005–2009 survey, before inflation.

$617

a month. Missouri's median is $1,033.

Census ACS 5-year, 2020-2024 (latest), with earlier 5-year windows. Survey estimates for a place this size carry wide margins of error. Sources: Census ACS 5-year
The seam

Cross one tract line and median rent jumps $387.

A $387 gap between neighbors, the sharpest rent edge between adjacent tracts in Vernon County.
- $606 Tract 9506
- $993 Tract 9501
Census ACS 5-year, 2020-2024, adjacent tracts compared by the Almanac. Tract estimates carry wide margins of error. Sources: Census ACS 5-year
Room to build

Local wages can carry more rent than the median charged today.

$1,149–$1,723

is the monthly rent range local workforce wages support.
- $617 median
Supportable rent computed by the Almanac from 2023 source wage data. Median rent: Census ACS 5-year, 2020-2024. Sources: Computed by the Almanac, Census ACS 5-year
Building

Most of the housing here is older than 2000.
- 86% of all homes were built before 2000
Census ACS 5-year, 2020-2024. Survey estimates for a place this size carry wide margins of error. Sources: Census ACS 5-year
Units needed

Closing the gap would add 0.4% to the 224 homes here.

1

is the estimated number of missing housing units; all three estimates agree.

Range computed by the Almanac from 2023 jobs and household data, using three demand models: 1% of jobs located here, 1% of renter households, and a rate by town size applied to renters. The low end is the lowest of the three and the high end the highest. It is an estimate, not a count. Sources: Computed by the Almanac
Home value

A median home costs 71% less than Missouri's.

$67,500

median home value in Sheldon.
- $67,500 Sheldon
- $230,300 Missouri
- $332,700 U.S.
Census ACS 5-year, 2020-2024. Survey estimates for a place this size carry wide margins of error. Sources: Census ACS 5-year

Sheldon, Missouri

Sheldon,
Missouri.

Steady. Within 1% of 2020, every year since.

Nearly every job here goes to someone who lives somewhere else.

Median rent is up 68% since the 2005–2009 survey, before inflation.

Cross one tract line and median rent jumps $387.

Local wages can carry more rent than the median charged today.

Most of the housing here is older than 2000.

Closing the gap would add 0.4% to the 224 homes here.

A median home costs 71% less than Missouri's.

Every number came from a public source, with its date.

Steady. Within 1% of 2020, every year since.

Nearly every job here goes to someone who lives somewhere else.

Median rent is up 68% since the 2005–2009 survey, before inflation.

Cross one tract line and median rent jumps $387.

Local wages can carry more rent than the median charged today.

Most of the housing here is older than 2000.

Closing the gap would add 0.4% to the 224 homes here.

A median home costs 71% less than Missouri's.

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